emma
em·ma/ˈɛmə/noun
emma is spelled E-M-M-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables (em·ma). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Emma, the name). As a noun, emma means “M in RAF phonetic alphabet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emma is emmas.
How many letters and syllables are in emma?
| Letters | 4: E-M-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: em·ma |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is emma?
Emma appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Emma, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce emma?
- /ˈɛmə/
Emma has 2 syllables, split em·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-emma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of emma
- emmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKdatedM in RAF phonetic alphabet
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does emma come from?
From Emma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).